MIRPURKHAS: A security guard posted at the main branch United Bank Limited located along M.A. Jinnah Road in the city shot at and wounded its manager before committing suicide by shooting himself on Friday.

According to the staff and visitors of the branch, the guard, Ghulam Rasool, and the manager, Abdul Wahab Ghori, indulged in a heated argument over payment of the former’s salary.

Ghulam Rasool took out his pistol, shot Mr Ghori and then shot himself to commit suicide, they said.

Mr Ghori was rushed to the Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital, where doctors referred him to the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Hyderabad. A report received here in the evening suggested that his condition was now out of danger.

Police shifted the guard’s body to the civil hospital for a post-mortem examination. His family or relatives could not reached till late in the evening.The incident caused chaos and panic in and outside the branch.Mirpurkhas SSP Asad Chaudhry along with the area SHO and his subordinates visited the branch and collected evidence. However, an FIR of the incident was yet to be registered at the Town police station.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2021